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steve  ·  3134 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hello Hubski, my name is GreenItalics!

Philly? Oh hells yes. I'll be there in November and _refugee_ and I are meeting up if you'd care to join us.

Oh... And the pope.





_refugee_  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

hi greenitalics

I live near Philly and could be there a whole lot more frequently than I am

It would be great if you could join Steve and me (yes, the correct phrasing is "and me") for our mini Hubski meet-up in November.

Steve I currently have you in my phone for Nov 3 or 4th. Let me know if this has firmed up/coalesced/changed any. That would help italics too. I don't think we have settled on a location or even an area of Philly, but I'll take the time to suggest either University City (safe) or Fishtown (I'm familiar with the area, ish).

If you are down for running up the art museum steps with me tho that'd be pretty cool too.

I have been to most popular places in Philly along that corridor i.e., Union Transfer, TLA, Johnny Brenda's, Chinatown (several locations specifically), University of the Arts, the Phily Museum of Art, PhilaMOCA, wherever they hold Philly's Punk Rock Flea Market, Orlieb's, The Kimmel Center, The Barbary (shout-out to nowaypablo !), UPenn (for music, medicine, and writing), Circle Thrift, now I'm just listing places to list places, tell us what you think about living in Philly.

I saw the Weeknd at a concert at UPenn last winter. I wasn't that impressed.

Once upon a time I had to tip a bartender at Johnny Brenda's nearly $40 (100%+) because of my brother. I believe, actually, it was one of my first Hubski posts.

Now I shall drunkenly try to find it

War  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Philly is like 45 minutes from me. I could totally make this if it is an open invitation.

steve  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

WIDE open. We'll post something a little closer to the day. I'm still not sure which night will work better. (I'm there for work - so inevitably there will be a work dinner one night).

_refugee_  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Please consider it, War, I always enjoy meeting Hubskiers.

War  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can definitely make it to philly. I have a few options of travel, so i should be ok. Whatever you guys decide upon let me know and I will rearrange my schedule for those days to make it fit.

nowaypablo  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

f'yeah, the Barbary!

If you guys end up doing any museum-y stuff please peep the Rodin museum! its a crazy collection of Rodin's sculptures, including the Gates of Hell, that some old rich dude collected and later opened to the public. Largest Rodin collection outside of France, I believe.

_refugee_  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The first ever askhubski I ever posted, the first ever personal post (as opposed to comment) I ever posted, nearly 2.5 years ago - read all about it here

s/o to kleinbl00 remember that thread

arguewithatree  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

omg cloud cult holy shit i forgot about them. i loved them. i wonder how old their 2nd kid is now.

_refugee_  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Story of the Grandson of Jesus? That song was one of my main jams for 2-3 years in and around college.

arguewithatree  ·  3132 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So good. I liked The Meaning of 8 most but I don't remember now. I used to listen to Light Chasers on the way back to camp the summer I worked there. And they were the first concert I saw in DC when I moved here. Lots of good feelings associated with them

kleinbl00  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

back when I thought you were a d00d

_refugee_  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

when someone deliberately obscures all references to their gender across all posts, you can't really be faulted for that.

now that i'm all "out" and half of hubski knows i'm female there's no benefit to painstaking gender neutrality in my self posts but I have always enjoyed that the internet lets me get away without an assigned gender (to an extent). Personally I'd prefer it if it just never came up. But janno -

they say it don't be like it is, but it do

someguyfromcanada  ·  3134 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not available to peons like me apparently. I believe I posted this recently with a "RIP Moses Malone" title:

steve  ·  3134 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do love me some G Love...

But the one I posted was less about philly and more about the Pontiff.

Meryn Cadell - The Pope. See if the Google.ca can turn up any results up there.

someguyfromcanada  ·  3134 days ago  ·  link  ·  

hahaha. I did not recognize the title but Meryn is great. And I do know that tune! And if you want to know a long story about how I accidentally bought Charles Barkley a whole lot of scotch one night during the playoffs just let me know.

steve  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You tease!!!

Tell tell tell!

someguyfromcanada  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I forget what year it was but the Phoenix Suns were in LA to play the Lakers. On the news Sir Charles was asked whether he would be partying a lot and he said absolutely not as this was a very important series. I think it was the playoffs. My buddy and I had a good laugh about that as he is notorious for partying hard.

So that night a few of us went out for drinks and at some point we ended up at the Chateau Marmont. Grabbed a table in the corner and ordered a round of scotch. The waitress then disappeared and so when it came time for a new round I just went up to the bar to order. But somehow the bartender was missing too so I just stood there waiting.

Meanwhile a bunch of guys came up and stood behind me except one who sidled up to the bar next to me to wait as well. He must have been about 6 '10" and we started to shoot the shit. I think we were talking about scotch. The barkeep showed up and asked this guy what he wanted and was told I was there first. That was very polite so I ordered a round of doubles for my table and those guys as well. I got the round delivered to my table and stayed at the bar. A couple of the other guys came in (both very tall as well) and we were just chatting away about who knows what.

When that drink was almost done one of the guys behind me put his hand on my shoulder and said thanks for the drink and now it was his turn to buy a round of triples. When I turned around to speak with him it turned out that it was Charles Barkley. He sent a tray over to my table as well. I can't believe I didn't recognize his voice before that as he ain't exactly a quiet man.

Apparently the whole group of them were NBAers and the people at my table were laughing at me as they knew that I would have no clue as to who they were. So much for not partying hard during the playoffs.

See I told you it was a long story!

steve  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's one of the best celebrity meetings I've heard in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

someguyfromcanada  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe sometime I will tell the story about how I almost "got into a fight" with Mark Wahlberg. It was all in good fun though. :)

steve  ·  3133 days ago  ·  link  ·  

#greatstorieswithsomeguyfromcanada Is my next tag...